Pay attention

After Hebrews 1:5-2:4 

Pay attention;

heed what they

say. The word

is reliable, and

who are we

to ignore it

(and we ignore

it at our peril).

The word offers

us salvation,

a great salvation,

declared, attested,

witnessed with

signs and wonders

and miracles and

gifts. So pay

attention.

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

Grave to Cradle: The Birth of It All (Ex. 1:1 – 2:10) – Tristan Sherwin.

 

From “Poem of Jesus” – Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

God Doesn’t Owe Me Kindness – Andy Stearns at Thoughts Worth Thinking.

 

A Sonnet for George Herbert – Malcolm Guite.

 

Memoir Notebook: A Tune Beyond on the River – Jeffrey Streeter at Tweetspeak Poetry.

Only one son

After Hebrews 1:5-2:4 

He never called

an angel a son;

he never told

an angel to call

him a father.

Instead, he directed

their attention,

their worship,

to the firstborn,

the firstborn who

transforms angels

into winds, who

makes his ministers

into flames of fire.

He created the earth

and the heavens;

when they perish,

he remains.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Spots of Time: Wordsworth, The Prelude, and the Power of Memory – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

Sir Martin Gilbert and the Inklings – Bradley Birzer at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

The Beauty of ‘Gospel Awkward’ – Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition.